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Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

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Post by maxwellito »

jjice wrote: post #11

Was this hijacking the browser's back button for anyone else? Not a fan of not being able to press back to go to the previous page. The site is neat though.

Oh sorry! I didn't realise I was hijacking it when the user was coming from another website (which I never tried during development). This is bad, I will fix it. Thanks for pointing it

Edit: Fixed and deployed!

Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

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Post by pbronez »

maxwellito wrote: post #5
bhagyash wrote: post #4

Loved the concept, makes drawing sooo easy even with a trackpad. Some tips :- 1. When holding down shift allow straight lines only and no curves. It's the norm in design softwares 2. When I drag to create the line, the drop point if off and not accurate to the nearest dot of my mouse position. I'm unsure if it's a bug or have you deliberately built a non-accurate system.

Thanks for your kind words. About the trackpad I didn't manage to implement the pitch to zoom which is desperately missing. 1. That's a good point, I didn't implement this shortcut. In my head, I assumed it wouldn't be useful because the editor only let you do vertical lines, horizontal lines and circle quarter. So making a straight line is pretty easy. If it was pure freeform like on Illustrator, it would be vital.…

I like that it locks things to a grid. I wish I could draw horizontal lines and more complex curves. It's kinda weird that I can't connect any dot to any other dot. Definitely enforces a particular style though.

Re: Show HN: Minimator, a Minimalist Graphical Editor

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Post by choward »

speps wrote: post #6

Make it so you're presented a canvas right away and an option to give it a title and resize later. Excalidraw does this very well.

I thought that's what it was at first and tried drawing on it. Once I saw that wasn't the case I closed the tab. Not trying to be petty or anything but I just wanted to tell my real experience since I'm sure I'm not the only one. Naming things is one of the hardest things for me to do.
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